Definition
An establishment that mainly serves coffee, other drinks, and light food.
Translations
- English
- café
- Français
- café
- Türkçe
- kafe
- Polski
- kawiarnia
- Русский
- кафе
- Українська
- кафе
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Café
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- City & Places
café
/das kaˈfeː/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Cafés
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Café ist heute gut besucht.NominativSing.The café is busy today.
- Wir besuchen das Café am Nachmittag.AkkusativSing.We are visiting the café in the afternoon.
- Sie sitzt in dem Café am Fenster.DativSing.She is sitting in the café by the window.
- Die Tür des Cafés steht offen.GenitivSing.The café’s door is open.
- Die Cafés im Zentrum schließen spät.NominativPlur.The cafés in the city center close late.
- Wir testen mehrere Cafés in der Altstadt.AkkusativPlur.We are testing several cafés in the old town.
- Die Gäste geben den Cafés gute Bewertungen.DativPlur.The guests give the cafés good ratings.
- Die Öffnungszeiten der Cafés unterscheiden sich.GenitivPlur.The opening hours of the cafés differ.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Café/kaˈfeː/
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Article phrase
das Café/das kaˈfeː/
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Plural
Cafés/kaˈfeːs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Café | die Cafés |
| Akkusativ | das Café | die Cafés |
| Dativ | dem Café | den Cafés |
| Genitiv | des Cafés | der Cafés |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Café besuchen
- Collocationein Café eröffnen
- Prepositional constructionim Café sitzenin + Dativ
- Collocationim Café frühstücken
- Sentence patternDas Café serviert frischen Kuchen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termGastronomiebetrieb
- Related termRestaurant — restaurant
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Cafékette
- Caféhaus